Posted on 01/09/2014 5:33:59 AM PST by pogo101
I also miss coming home and seeing an answering machine blinking. I was born too late.
Done it. Love it.
Just keep your old cell phone and a car charger in the car and/or BOB: In the event something happens to yours, no matter where you are (as long as there is a tower in range), you can call emergency services on your old phone w/o paid service.
fyi
Dropped the land line 5+ years ago once the Verizon signal was strong enough to be reliable.
The only thing I miss is my wife’s friends flirting with me when I answered the phone first.
We’ve been without a landline for 2 years. I can’t recall one moment where I have missed it.
I signed my elderly Uncle up for Do Not Call and Do Not Mail more than a year ago.
He still gets calls and mail ALL the time.
He’s gullible too and won’t listen to reason. He’s so broke now that he can’t afford his condo anymore.
Sad.
Do you think I’m an old fogey???
(Well, actually, I am.) ;-)
VoIP is good provided you have power to your cable modem. We have a Verizon network extender in our home. It’s basically a mini-cell tower.
For that you need cable and power, but it works great.
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